ICU-9936 Improved API descriptions for DecimalFormat set min/max significant digits.

X-SVN-Rev: 33868

diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java
index dbdcce1ffcfab41f71dd4168ed7d0075882ab191..a99b4234ebdb782b9da37178031fd2dc09c41df8 100644 (file)
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/DecimalFormat.java
@@ -4936,9 +4936,9 @@ public class DecimalFormat extends NumberFormat {
     /**
      * {@icu} Sets the minimum number of significant digits that will be displayed. If
      * <code>min</code> is less than one then it is set to one. If the maximum significant
-     * digits count is less than <code>min</code>, then it is set to
-     * <code>min</code>. This value has no effect unless {@link #areSignificantDigitsUsed()}
-     * returns true.
+     * digits count is less than <code>min</code>, then it is set to <code>min</code>. 
+     * This function also enables the use of significant digits by this formatter - 
+     * {@link #areSignificantDigitsUsed()} will return true.
      *
      * @param min the fewest significant digits to be shown
      * @stable ICU 3.0
@@ -4957,9 +4957,9 @@ public class DecimalFormat extends NumberFormat {
     /**
      * {@icu} Sets the maximum number of significant digits that will be displayed. If
      * <code>max</code> is less than one then it is set to one. If the minimum significant
-     * digits count is greater than <code>max</code>, then it is set to
-     * <code>max</code>. This value has no effect unless {@link #areSignificantDigitsUsed()}
-     * returns true.
+     * digits count is greater than <code>max</code>, then it is set to <code>max</code>.
+     * This function also enables the use of significant digits by this formatter - 
+     * {@link #areSignificantDigitsUsed()} will return true.
      *
      * @param max the most significant digits to be shown
      * @stable ICU 3.0